tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post299868936649628107..comments2020-05-16T03:09:22.256-07:00Comments on Blue Sky Disney: The Blessing Of A Curse (Theme parks)...Honor Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05346050126873050983noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post-11248977012989176962007-07-25T20:17:00.000-07:002007-07-25T20:17:00.000-07:00Thank you for your well written article! It almost...Thank you for your well written article! <BR/><BR/>It almost seems like a response to my comment (posted under the name "The Truth" to Monday's article on HKDL.<BR/><BR/>While this article is well written and makes great points, it seems to me that they have already learned some of DCA's "lessons" you listed in other Theme Parks like Epcot and Disney-MGM Studios. Because of this, I, like many other people were frustrated by Eisner's and the company's foolish choice to build DCA on the cheap, REPEATING all of the mistakes they had already learned from. Because of that Disney is now forced to make a bunch of costly fixes to DCA after it's been built. THAT is why DCA is a failure. <BR/><BR/>Also, if Six Flags had built DCA, it would have been an amazing success for that company judging by the other AMUSEMENT parks they have produced. But for Disney to build DCA, after building so many amazing THEME parks, DCA is almost an insult to everything WDI has ever done.<BR/><BR/>While cosmetic changes can be made to some of DCA's existing buildings, even $1 billion cannot fix the park's huge problems with sightlines, general layout, and theme. <BR/><BR/>To fix DCA's biggest problems (in my opinion) would require huge changes in the park's layout. Hopefully the newly appointed Imagineers working on the various projects you and Al have mentioned will be able to make some positive changes, but I doubt they can do much without almost starting over.<BR/><BR/>I wait excitedly and optimistically towards seeing what Disney does to fix DCA, and towards reading your next article! <BR/>(I read this site daily anyway :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post-69630839138529995352007-07-25T19:18:00.000-07:002007-07-25T19:18:00.000-07:00The beauty of colossal failures is that if properl...The beauty of colossal failures is that if properly recognized and analyzed, you can gain an understanding in what DOESN'T work.<BR/><BR/>That is why hospitals have M&M meetings after something goes wrong. So you can learn from it and hopefully not do it againAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17070035707769272213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post-80851427252975983532007-07-25T14:16:00.000-07:002007-07-25T14:16:00.000-07:00When DCA was being built and the construction coul...When DCA was being built and the construction could practically be watched online, I said to myself then "I hope this park is a colossal failure...if it succeeds Pressler and Eisner will pat themselves on the back and we will get more of the same."<BR/><BR/>The reality is...those "dark" times should have never happened to begin with...but they did..and the then managament realized "hey people arent as dumb as we think...they wont flock to a lame them park just because it has Disney in the title"..<BR/><BR/>I remember standing in line for the movie portion of the One Man's Dream attraction at D-MGM...on one side of the room was the fortress model from TDS and on the other was the model of Paradise Pier...day and night and really kind of embrassing...like putting a Happy Meal across from a filet mignon..<BR/><BR/>Here's to the future!RayChasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11569709975420368306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post-7186949112659132662007-07-25T08:09:00.000-07:002007-07-25T08:09:00.000-07:00Thanks for your response! I'm still thinking the ...Thanks for your response! I'm still thinking the "other side" could have said the exact same thing back in the day ("It would have been great if EuroDisney would have been successful, but fortunately it wasn't and now we're learning from our mistakes and we're going to go cheaper. Unfortunately, some people don't want to learn from our mistakes and they want to see our cheaper parks fail.")<BR/><BR/>But, I must admit, I don't see what's going on in the Disney company, so I don't know who is being petty and who isn't. And so I defer to you on the topic.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the great site! It's one of my favorites!BC Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14401688192282088014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post-82070452777101858442007-07-25T07:33:00.000-07:002007-07-25T07:33:00.000-07:00Great article Honor!I do appreciate the passion yo...Great article Honor!<BR/><BR/>I <B>do</B> appreciate the passion you have for the Disney Compamy; whether it is the animation division that is struggling to stand upright again or the theme parks that are trying to discover who they are or where they are going. You definitely have the pulse of the company and I am glad that someone is talking about it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11023449275486420957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post-87196870213586503982007-07-25T07:10:00.000-07:002007-07-25T07:10:00.000-07:00Actually no... as I said, it would have been great...Actually no... as I said, it would have been great if Eisner hadn't made the mistakes he did and we got a great Second Gate.<BR/><BR/>But sometimes we don't get what we want and in the end it turns out for the better.<BR/><BR/>I'm not taking on the role of someone that wishes for Disney to fail... simply someone who realizes that sometimes you have to fail to realize what you are doing wrong. I wish that weren't the case... but human beings are like that.<BR/><BR/>The people who work for Disney and wish for it's failure are petty. They haven't learned anything unfortunately. It's ok to fail so long as you learn from it. The people I talk about in the "Success" article haven't learned anything... and more importantly, don't want to.Honor Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05346050126873050983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post-46444612152699482912007-07-25T06:58:00.000-07:002007-07-25T06:58:00.000-07:00Good column, but Honor, aren't you now taking a di...Good column, but Honor, aren't you now taking a different position than you were back on that "The Success of Failure" piece?<BR/><BR/>In that column you said it was sad that some in the company were rooting for Lasseter's failure.<BR/><BR/>Now aren't you essentially playing the role of someone, circa 2002, rooting for DCA's failure?<BR/><BR/>In both cases you have people who want the Disney company to succeed, but when these people are denied the authority to run it their way, they hope those with the authority fail.<BR/><BR/>I'm not saying I wish DCA, WDS & and HKDL were smashes right out from the get go. I too want to see high quality succeed and low quality fail. But I recognize that's my bias. <BR/><BR/>And the point of your "Success of Failure" (and many others) is about avoiding negativity and staying positive. <BR/><BR/>If you really believe that, put yourself back in 2002, and tell me, who would you be supporting in discussion threads? Al "Look at these horrible numbers for DCA" Lutz? Or Cynthia "Give DCA 10 years and everything will be fine" Harris?BC Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14401688192282088014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5244647450237014911.post-18908357542132068642007-07-25T03:04:00.000-07:002007-07-25T03:04:00.000-07:00Thanks for this. I am really ooking forward to th...Thanks for this. I am really ooking forward to the coming years. I enjoyed DCA, but it needs work. HKDL has a good foundation, but it needs substance. And WDS is getting there slowly - Toon Studios and High School Musical is a great start. ToT and Stitch will continue to push it in the right direction. And I am hearing word of a possible 2 new attractions in DLP and 3 in WDS if the finances sack up right. Any word?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com